POLLEN ANALYSIS AT GOBBLER'S KNOB, 48SU261, NEAR PINEDALE WYOMING

Site 48SU261 is located in the Green River Basin, south of the town of Pinedale, Wyoming.
It is situated within eolian sediments on a low ridge about five miles North of the New Fork River.
The site contains an Early Archaic component dated to about 6900 BP and a Late Archaic
component dating to 3950 BP. The site consists of two pit features that probably represent
occupation structures, one of which contained features within the larger feature, and hearth
features outside the presumed occupational features. One pollen sample each from 8 features
was analyzed to evaluate the potential human use of plants at the site and to determine the local
plant community in the site area.

48SU261遗址坐落于怀俄明州（Wyoming）派恩代尔镇（Pinedale）以南的格林河盆地（Green River Basin）内。该遗址位于纽福克河（New Fork River）以北约5英里处的一处低矮山脊的风成沉积物（eolian sediments）中。遗址包含早阿尔奇时期（Early Archaic）与晚阿尔奇时期（Late Archaic）两类文化遗存，年代分别约为距今6900 BP与3950 BP。遗址内现存两处坑状遗迹，推测为古代人类的居住建筑遗存；其中一处规模更大的遗迹内部还包含次级遗迹，而在这些推测的居住遗迹外围，则发现了灶址类遗迹（hearth features）。研究人员对8处遗迹分别采集的花粉样品进行了分析，旨在评估该遗址内人类对植物的潜在利用情况，并明确遗址区域的本地植物群落组成。